amiodarone

[am-ee-oh-dar-ohn]

noun Pharmacology.

a substance, C₂₅H₂₉I₂NO₃, used in the treatment of heart arrhythmias.

Origin:
laboratory coinage of unexplained orig.

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amiodarone
noun
an antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Cordarone) that has potentially fatal side effects and is used to control serious heart rhythm problems only when safer agents have been ineffective

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